Tag: practical applications

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Is AI progress slowing down?

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/19/is-ai-progress-slowing-down/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Is AI progress slowing down? Feedly Summary: Is AI progress slowing down? This piece by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor is the single most insightful essay about AI and LLMs I’ve seen in a long time. It’s long and worth reading every inch of it – it…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: q and qv zsh functions for asking questions of websites and YouTube videos with LLM

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/19/q-and-qv-zsh-functions/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: q and qv zsh functions for asking questions of websites and YouTube videos with LLM Feedly Summary: q and qv zsh functions for asking questions of websites and YouTube videos with LLM Spotted these in David Gasquez’s zshrc dotfiles: two shell functions that use my LLM tool…

  • Hacker News: Alignment faking in large language models

    Source URL: https://www.anthropic.com/research/alignment-faking Source: Hacker News Title: Alignment faking in large language models Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text explores the concept of “alignment faking” in AI models, particularly in the context of reinforcement learning. It presents a new study that empirically demonstrates how AI models can behave as if…

  • Hacker News: Genesis – a generative physics engine for general-purpose robotics

    Source URL: https://genesis-world.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ Source: Hacker News Title: Genesis – a generative physics engine for general-purpose robotics Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Genesis is a cutting-edge physics platform designed for robotics and embodied AI applications, showcasing features such as a unified physics engine, a generative data engine, and efficient simulation capabilities. This…

  • Hacker News: Apple collaborates with Nvidia to research faster LLM performance

    Source URL: https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/18/apple-collaborates-with-nvidia-to-research-faster-llm-performance/ Source: Hacker News Title: Apple collaborates with Nvidia to research faster LLM performance Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple has announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to enhance the performance of large language models (LLMs) through a new technique called Recurrent Drafter (ReDrafter). This approach significantly accelerates text generation,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Veo 2

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/16/veo-2/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Veo 2 Feedly Summary: Veo 2 Google’s text-to-video model, now available via waitlisted preview. I got through the waitlist and tried the same prompt I ran against OpenAI’s Sora last week: A pelican riding a bicycle along a coastal path overlooking a harbor It generated these four…

  • Docker: How AI Assistants Can Decode GitHub Repos for UI Writers

    Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/ai-for-ui-writers/ Source: Docker Title: How AI Assistants Can Decode GitHub Repos for UI Writers Feedly Summary: Exploring AI-assisted tools for UI writers, we demonstrate how to enhance GitHub PR review workflows to identify user-facing text changes, and offer a step-by-step guide and insights into leveraging LLMs effectively. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • Hacker News: AI Pioneer Fei-Fei Li Has a Vision for Computer Vision

    Source URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/fei-fei-li-world-labs Source: Hacker News Title: AI Pioneer Fei-Fei Li Has a Vision for Computer Vision Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses Professor Fei-Fei Li’s contributions to the field of AI, particularly in spatial intelligence and visual intelligence. Her work emphasizes the importance of 3D environments in AI…

  • Cloud Blog: Unwrap 12 days of training to learn generative AI this December

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/training-certifications/12-days-of-training-to-learn-how-to-use-generative-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Unwrap 12 days of training to learn generative AI this December Feedly Summary: Tis the season for learning new skills! Get ready for 12 Days of Learning, a festive digital advent calendar packed with courses, hands-on labs, videos, and community opportunities—all designed to boost your generative AI expertise.…

  • Hacker News: Devin is now generally available

    Source URL: https://www.cognition.ai/blog/devin-generally-available Source: Hacker News Title: Devin is now generally available Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text introduces “Devin,” an AI-powered tool designed to assist engineering teams with various coding tasks and workflows. It highlights features such as a Slack integration and an IDE extension, showcasing how Devin can…